Yew Zeta

[Chillicamper]

A Yew Zeta made yesterday. Made from a tree blown down in 1987 and planked up by me in 1990 when I was on my middle year at forestry college. I still have a few scraps of the wood from it in the shed

I had limited time in the shed yesterday but had hoped to do 2 pens. However I also had to drill and glue some more blanks for a couple of pens that friends had asked for. One of the blanks didn't want to play nicely and decided to split.

With all the faffing about with that I decided to call it a day as there was no point rushing to finish the other pen and ruining it. Ho Hm.....There's always another day.

 

[Barry]

Yew makes a nice pen nicely finished

 

[ray7]

Very nice.

Ray

 

[yorkshireman]

Nice neat pen David

 

[Terry]

Looks well balanced and finished David !!!

 

[Vic Perrin]

Very nice David

 

[silver]

Well done, nice grain and a piece of wood with the history..

 

[Jim]

Ilike to work with Yew, it can make a nice looking pen, especially when it is x-cut it helps make the wood stand out .. Very nice pen David..

 

[chas_41_uk]

Yew have made a great looking pen there David

 

[TK woodman]

That's a nice pen David - It's a very light colour for aged wood how orange will it turn do you think?

 

[Woody]

Very nice you have made a good job of that

 

[Chillicamper]

That's a nice pen David - It's a very light colour for aged wood how orange will it turn do you think?

I'm not sure. I'd expect it to darken a bit to a more orange/red/brown. This was from a scrap of yew plank that I had in the shed. I'd planed it back a bit to make a wood burning plaque for someone and this came from the off cuts. It does look quite 'fresh' in colour, but then it's been hidden in the depths of the shed out of direct sunlight for years.

 

[paulm]

Very nice David

 

[Penpal]

Sounds like memory lane pen has immediate value.

Peter.

 

[Bill Mooney]

A little beauty this one David

 

[Les ELm]

Yew did a great job on that piece of timber.

Les

 

[wm460]

That's a beauty David.

 

[bassethound]

Very nice pen indeed David, the Yew looks great as well as the work!

 

[donwatson]

That looks a very nice pen David

 

[Chillicamper]

Thanks for the nice comments chaps.

I got back out to the shed on Sunday for a short while to make the second Yew pen - these 2 are going to be presents.